Show-Off Mistress Tips Chinese to Red Cross Graft

Charity accused of embezzling public donations
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 7, 2011 2:57 AM CDT
Show-Off Mistress Tips Chinese to Red Cross Graft
"Guo Meimei" posted multiple photos of herself with luxury cars and designer goods.   (Weibo)

One young woman's online boasting will likely derail the gravy train for a lot of people involved with the Red Cross Society of China. After the 20-year-old vamp's posts on China's equivalent of Twitter showed her with luxury cars and designer goods and identified her as a Red Cross manager, outraged Internet users searched for her real identity and sparked a massive scandal in the process, CNN reports.

The netizens discovered that she wasn't a Red Cross official, but the mistress of a businessman who ran charity drives for the organization, which is closely linked to the Chinese government and is a member of the International Red Cross. The uproar has put alleged corruption and embezzlement of donations at China's biggest charity under the spotlight. Even state-run media outlets have publicly asked whether the Red Cross will ever be able to regain the country's trust. (More corruption stories.)

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